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Ivory-tinted glasses: How Westernized academia alienates BIPOC knowledge

November 10, 2020

Academia’s Western stamp of approval alienates racialized students and does a disservice to social work

Apartment hunting is hard. Doing it with a hijab is harder

Visibly Muslim women have to deal with more than just expensive housing in Toronto. Landlords, roommates and Islamophobia make it a whole lot harder

Photo of Alia Youssef kneeling with a camera

Meet the photographer documenting Muslim women who have experienced Islamophobia

Alia Youssef created a photography series to show the unspoken sisterhood that bonds Muslim women together

Ryerson event focuses on resisting Trump’s agenda against minority groups

Attendees were reminded of Stephen Harper’s proposal to ban niqabs and Kelly Leitch’s plan to implement a Canadian values screening test for immigrants

Panel: Working towards a solution to Islamophobia in Canada

The panelists began by acknowledging the rise in Islamophobia, and the leaps and bounds that bigotry has made manifesting itself within Canada

Muslim women tackle social justice issues through recognizing resistance and story telling

January 23, 2017

During the summer before university, social justice activist Gilary Massa found herself having to decide whether she would go back to school being “full on Muslim” or “full on non-Muslim”

Rye Social Justice Week panel tackles Islamophobia

November 3, 2016

Only a third of Ontarians have a positive impression of the religion, and more than half feel that it promotes violence

International Women’s Day event discusses battling Islamophobia

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Continuing Education Students' Association of Ryerson hosted a discussion with Dr. Monia Mazigh called Women & Islamophobia.

Increased safety initiatives happening on and off campus

December 4, 2015

The problem of Islamophobia in Toronto has resulted in new community initiatives

Muslim banner taken down…again

November 24, 2015

An Ahmadiyya Muslim Students’ Association of Ryerson banner hanging in front of Lake Devo by was cut down in what the group calls an act of Islamophobia

RSU election candidate poster defaced with Islamophobic messages

January 31, 2015

For the second time since campaigning began on Jan. 28, posters of TranformRU’s candidate for vice-president operations, Obaid Ullah a fourth-year engineering student, have been defaced with Islamophobic messages